Went Shopping Today....

[Jeza]

Spent £84. No fags no booze just groceries. There are only two of us and neither of us are big eaters. We do like our veg, but little meat. I wonder how family's with kids manage or do they not buy fresh meat and veg.

[craft1948]

Bloody hell Jeza that's a lot of money. Without my booze and fags I probably spend about £40.

[237SJ]

Have you got a local market near you? In Sainsburys I can pay over £1 for an avocado but if I go to the market, I can get 4 avocados for £1. I paid 80p for the smallest red pepper you have ever seen in Sainsburys yesterday

[DJHawkes]

I guess if that includes soap powder all your toiletries and cleaning stuff, all your food and provisions and a new TV it's reasonable. :)

[Jeza]

I know craft, but I am very picky if that's the right word. Mic is ill so I try to buy the best for him. I did buy booze and fags but in a different shop.

[Jeza]

Dotty lol.

[craft1948]

Having said that Jeza I live alone and only eat 2 meals a day. I don't buy snacks either..................

[Jemisa]

I shop on line each week at Tesco, there are only 2 of us & we're not big eaters and my shopping bill is £80 - £85 each week.
My daughter shops in Lidle (2 kids 2 adults) her bill is roughly the same.''jem

[Jeza]

Only been to Lidl once. I came out without buying anything.

[237SJ]

You could always cut out the fags and booze and spend the money that you save on your food bill...

[Jeza]

Not short of money 237. I was not complaining I was stating a fact

[jim360]

I just steal all my food. Saves money...

[Jeza]

Jim, you're not the one who has had my choc bars are you?

[jim360]

*shifty eyes*... No?...

[CailinDeas]

Me too....got to checkout at B & Q ... no wallet....no money...oh the embarrassment!!!! went home....strong coffee...

[Jeza]

That has happened to me in the supermarket. Opened my bag to pay. NO PURSE.

[lcg]

We starve most days.....as I've been off work with my back, I no longer have overtime money which paid for my food! The boy is the only one who eats these days and uses his student loan to do that.....makes me feel quite guilty x

[ELVIS68]

I'm with you Jeza, shocking how much a weekly shop comes to

You need the fags and booze to get over it :o)

[Jeza]

icg. Surely if things are that bad you can get help.

[Mamyalynne]

My first port of call in the supermarket is the reduced section, then I work out what I can create.

[Sharingan]

We don't buy anything processed really like ready meals or pre done stuff but I think that actually makes living cheaper, although everything has gone up a huge amount in the last year. You can make a stew for example for well under £3.00, likewise a Shepard's Pie and we buy as much as possible in bulk, reduced or from Aldi / Lidl because the quality is better and it's cheaper.